VOICE – After nearly nine months out of the studio and out of dancing… this recording is an idea (that I came up with in my practice) while rehearsing what to write to my friends to make them as excited to attend this performance as I am to perform it (promote, promote, promote…). This recording [...]
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Open Studio. 2.
It was difficult today to move without music. I just discovered Sufjan Stevens’ music and am completely enchanted with his song “Sister Winter.” (Listen to it here and check out Sufjan here). It is an entrancing song. Far more lovely to dance with the song than by myself. The music makes my body feel stronger [...]
Open Studio. 1.
Get chinese knee pads. First day into the studio to follow my open studio practice. I’m both excited by my new relationship with movement and bored with my old tricks. I’m trying to find new paths but also letting myself relax into the comfortable. Let it breathe. I didn’t work on structures or time goals [...]
Open Studio. 0.
Sometime after discovering structure, after I fell in love with “audience design,” I lost my connection to moving. Structured experience replaced “dancing.” I love my structured experiences, but I miss dancing. I miss the raw connection to an audience, feeding off of them instead of controlling them, giving them my instinct, opening a window to [...]